38.5% ▲ +7.8%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.7%
- 2016: 37.4%
- 2021: 38.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Cooktown · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Cooktown
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
About 32.5% of qualified adults in Cooktown hold a Certificate III or IV, the most common qualification in the area. This is a place where school completion is quite low, as only 38.5% of people finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 38.5% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the Queensland and Australian figures. Around 24.6% of people stopped at Year 10, and 10.8% finished Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Cooktown, the largest group is Year 12 at 47%, followed by Year 10 (30%) and Year 9 or below (13%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 14.2% of the population. This is well below the state figure and far below the national average of 26.3%.
14.2% ▲ +27.9%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →In Cooktown, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 49%, followed by Bachelor degree (22%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (16%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification are Engineering and related subjects at 14.5%, followed by Health at 10.0% and Education at 9.0%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Cooktown has 5.63 schools per 1,000 children, which is higher than most similar areas. These schools are smaller than average and have some of the lowest advantage scores at this level.
5.63
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
3
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools serving the area — within 3 km of small areas, or inside larger ones. A measure of access (catchments overlap, so don't add it across areas).
221
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
871
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Cooktown
3 schools — 664 students, average ICSEA 871.
By sector: Government 1 · Catholic 1 · Independent 1
By type: Combined 2 · Secondary 1
| Cooktown State School, Cooktown | Government | Combined | 29.1 km | 376 | 838 |
| Holy Spirit College, Cooktown | Catholic | Secondary | 29.1 km | 122 | 811 |
| Endeavour Christian College, Cooktown | Independent | Combined | 29.5 km | 166 | 991 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Cooktown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30675/cooktown/topic/education